We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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